Pea-harvester



W. Y. E. DAVIS.

PEA HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED umze, 1920.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

WILLIAM Y. E. DAVIS, or-rnnxnnYfvrnernm.L f

PEA-HA V STERI Application filed January 26, 1920: Serial No. 354,278:

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known tl1alll,WILLIAM-Y. DAVIS, a citizenilof the United States, residing at Berkley, in the county of Norfolk and State of virginia have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pea-Harvesters; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description ofthe; invention, such aswill enable others skilled.

in the. artto which ,it appertains to make and use the same. V

This'inventlon relatesto certain new and useful improvements in harvesters and, con

templates moreeparticularly an elevating and guiding :device for. lifting fallenand rambling. vines, 1 spreading bushes and the likeinto the path ofthethreshing mechanismpi. v 4

An object of the present lnvention'ls the production of a novel' vine. or bush gathering 'device especially adapted for pea har-.

vesting. wherebythe produce :to. be threshed is elevated-and guided into. substantially vertical positionto beoperated upon by the threshing member.

Another object of the inventionis to p ro duce a vine gathering device comprising movablerframe: sections. arrangedvto pass beneath the vines preferablyiupon opposite sidesof the plant and gradually lift them toward a central passageway onto relatively stationary. guides. into the patlrof the threshing .member. i g V Another ob'ect of the. invention is the production of a vine gathering device for.

pea-harvesters and the like in which the vine. liftingframes are simultaneously con trolled by spring tensioned leveiy-particur larly adapting the'present invention to that disclosedsby U. S. Letters :Patent*N.oj-1,21l

653: granted to me under date of February With invention furtheiwconsists in the construe tion' and. arrangement of the several" parts hereinafter describedw'and "pointed out in the appended. claims;

In the accompanying l drawings :illustrating an embodiment-ref my invention Figure 1 1s a sideuzelevationeof my 1mproved device as applied'to a pea harvester,-

the lowermost "position of the device being* shown in dotted: lines; and

i Fig. 2:1is atop: plan view "of the invention these and other objects 1 in view the illustrating but a portionrof theharvester and the: central" passageway fithereof -leading to the usual threshing-imember. 1.:: V lystated' lhe present; invention, general Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 23, 1920} I comprises oppositely.- .arrangedi :rame sec- 1 tions ,bothor :whichuare pivotallyf mountede upon the forward end of 'the 'harvesterand are simultaneously}.controlledilby -a leverf preferably within distance of the: OPQIELtOfi-Si seat. as shown. Guldei'armsf or :fing6pS 6X tend from: the frame sections and are dis-i 6 5 7 posed inwardly :towardeach other, project-av I as shown longitudinally of the harvester: I [1n cooperative arrangement with? relatively" 1 fixed guides upon: each sidewofa central passageway... The -fallen Or-ramblingQvineS-T-O I are first caughtjbythe:extreme ends of the-:-

frame sections and are subsequently,guidede upwardly and unwardlycby 'theaguide' arms f ,or fingers between and onto the relativelywr' v 7 fixed andspaced .gi'lid'es :wherethey; are held? 715 i .in' su stantiallva vertical positiondto b operated upon by' the threshing-members: i1

Referring to the :drawings in which core responding. reference" Icharacters 1 designate similar parts,l-;a conventional harvester; is

shown at 1,;embodying .allfof the usual' op-;.;- erative leatures A. central passageway, 2

is provided at theeforw 'ed v dthe barf: vester'and it :is into this opening that the. it:

vines are directed preparatory to thethreshing' operation.

. pon each sideof the aforesaid passage way and I atthe forward: end thereof a mo v '1 J .able frame section 3 is supported;

frame section 8- comprises diverging: brace 1 rods 4 and-5 each of which-is pivotally mounted' -at 6 and 7, respectively, inj'arms 'or brackets-8 secured to and projectinga i from the harvester frame. The brace rods 4 and ,5l-converge at their forwardaends intocurved vine engaging ends or {portions 9 jeapable of passingbeneath-thefallelr or rambling vines to, elevatev them i suflicijently. i

to be directed on fingers 45 f mal operating position.

the relatively fixed guide members 11. The guide arms or fingers are of a flexible or yielding construction, their inner ends being freely movable so as to adapt themselves to a reasonable degree 'of pressure sometimes caused by the irregular, tortuous and more or less tangled growth of the vines.

The relatively stationary or fixed guide members 11 are longitudinally arranged upon each side of the passageway 2 and are I attached to theharvester as indicated at-12.

These guide members are positioned at a height designed to properly present the vines to the. threshing member, and they are also cooperatively positioned in proper spaced relation to the inner ends of the guide arms or fingers 10,:as shown.

v The inner endsof the guide fingers 10 are arranged parallel to the guide arms 11 longitudinally of the harvester and project over or overlap the said guide armll a sufficient distance to insure the complete transfer of the vines as will be understood.

The frame sections 3 are movably con- I trolled by means of two links 13 each of which is attached to a cross bar 14 of each frame section, and to an arm 15 secured to" a cross shaft 16. The-cross shaft 16 is sup ported in bracket arms 17 secured to the harvester. i

f Secured to, the cross shaft and, arranged intermediate thereto is an actuating lever 18 preferably positioned within a convenient distance of the seat indicated at 19.

The actuating lever 18 is providedwith a locking pawl and rack control 20 of any well known construction by means of which the lever can be locked in any desired position or left free to swing as will be understood.

' A spring 21 is interposed between theac tuating lever 18 and a fixed portion of the harvester for yieldingly'holding the frame sections and guide fingers 111 a relatively nor- In operation the harvester is moved through the vines with the frame sections and lifting fingers in a position capable of passing beneath the vines and directing them upwardly along the inwardly inclinedguide fingers 10, "onto the relatively fixed guides 11. The vines are'substantially bunched by the time they reach the parallel portions of theguide fingers '10, and as the harvester progresses over the field, the vines are transher.

for retaining the vines in substantially-vow its adaptability to pea harvesting only. Likewise, various changes in the proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention and I do not'limit myself to the '70 exactforin described herein.

r I claim 1. In a harvester for gathering peas and the like, the combination with movable vine lifting and guiding members, of relatively fixed horizontally arranged guide members for receiving the vines from the said movable vine lifting and guiding members only; through the advancing of the harvester and for retaining the vines in substantially a vertical position preparatory to being threshed.

2. Ina harvester for gathering peas and the like, the combination with oppositely disposed vine lifting and guiding members, of relatively fixed and spaced guidemembers for receiving the vines from the said movable vine lifting andguiding members only. through the advancing ,of the harvester and tical position, and means for moving the aforesaid vine lifting and guiding members. a 3. In a harvester for gathering peas and the like, the combination with oppositely disposed vine lifting and guiding members, of relatively fixed and spaced guide members 7 for receiving the vines from the said mov-V I able vine lifting and guiding members only through the advancing of theharvesterand for retaining the vines in substantially ver-s tical position, and means includinga-lever for moving the aforesaid Vine lifting and guiding members simultaneously.

In a harvester for gathering peas and the like, the combination with oppositely disposed vine lifting and guiding members, of relatively fixed and spacedguide members for receiving the vines from the said a movable vine lifting and guiding members and-for retaining the vines in substantially '110 vertical position, and'means including a yieldingly controlled lever for moving the aforesaidvine'lifting and guiding members.

5. In a harvester for gathering. peas and the like, the combination with oppositely disposed and inwardly extending movable vine lifting and guiding members, of relatively fixed guide members for receiving the vines from the said vine lifting and guiding members only throu h the advancingof the har-' vester, said fixed guide members being ar 1 ranged in substantially horizontal and paral-' lel relation to each other and spaced a distance proportionate to that of the aforesaid.

vine lifting and guiding members at. their inwardlyextending ends. v

6. A harvester for gathering peas and'the like, comprising movable and inwardly converging yielding guide fingers extending upweirdly from a point in proximity to the ground, and relatively fixed guide members arranged in spaced and substantially parallel relation over' which the aforesaid con verging and yielding guide fingers extend.

7. A harvester for gathering peas and the like, having an opening in the front thereof for receiving vines only through the advancing of the harvester, inclined movable vine lifting and guiding members; and relatively fixed guide members arranged horizontally on opposite sides of the aforesaid movable vine lifting and guiding members and retaining them in substantially a vertical position within the aforesaid opening-15 preparatory to being threshed.

In testimony whereof l aflix my signature, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. WILLIAM ,Y. E; DAVIS. Witnesses:

W. H. THOMPSON,

J. H. CURTIS. 

